I would like to announce the release of Windows Media Player Plus!, a free plug-in that offers the following enhancements/improvements for WMP:

Tag Editor Plus: an alternative for WMP's Advanced Tag Editor. Tag Editor Plus works on WMP 12 too, where the Advanced Tag Editor has been removed.

Global hotkeys, allowing you to control WMP from within any running application.

Party Shuffle: a dynamic playlist, that automatically gets filled up with randomly picked songs. Of course, you can still add songs yourself, and reorder/remove songs, just like with a normal playlist.

Real 'find as you type' in the library: you can simply start typing to search, without having to click on the Search field first.

Access the standard Explorer right-click menu of a media file directly from within WMP.

Restore last active playlist, media item, and playback position at WMP startup.

Show currently playing media in WMP's title bar.

Advanced playback options: Stop after current and Close after current, to automatically stop playback or close WMP when the current media has ended.

Let WMP play/pause when you press the space bar.

Disable group headers in the Library Pane.

Enhanced and configurable replacement of the Windows Live Messenger Music plug-in (What I'm Listening To).

Show currently playing media in Skype's mood message.

Access the properties (settings) of any WMP plug-in from within the main menu (Tools - Plug-in properties), without having to go to Options first.

"Play next" option when right-clicking a media item in WMP 11's library (WMP 12 already has this by default).

Quickly re-enable all plug-ins after a WMP crash.

Windows Media Player Plus! is written for Windows Media Player 11 and 12.